RANGPUR, Sept 20 (UNB): A man was killed allegedly by his younger brother at Chethali Pashchimpara village in Mithapukur upazila Tuesday.Local people said an altercation ensued between Elias and his younger brother Yunus when the former went to plant a...
FE ReportMonowara Begum Chowdhurani, wife of late Abu Naser Chowdhury of Dulai Jamindar Estate in Pabna, died of old-age complications at Sikder Medical College and Hospital at Gulshan in the city Thursday. She was 80, said a press release.She left...
CHITTAGONG, Sep 20 (UNB): The police rescued the four-year-old son of Officer-in-Charge of Comilla Kasba thana Zafarullah five hours after his abduction and also arrested a man from Maizbhandar Sharif area under Hathazari thana Saturday morning.According to the police, the...
Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman observed that upazila parishad elections within seven days of the parliamentary polls might create violence and disturbance across the country, reports UNB.In his instant reaction to the holding of general elections on December...
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (BSS): Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman today said the caretaker government has not shifted away from their goal of establishing a sustainable democracy through a free, fair and credible election before the end of 2008.The...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Saturday said Bangladesh did not want a return to cold war situation in the wake of conflict between Russia and the United States (US) over Georgia, reports UNB."We want resolution of any conflict through negotiation....
Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman Saturday said the government's fresh move to arrange an all-party summit would only create confusion in public mind over the national election, reports UNB.The AL leader also asked the government to put an...
Progatisheel Ganotantric Dal (PDP) Saturday demanded resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the reorganisation of the Election Commission (EC), reports BSS.PDP chairman Ferdous Ahmed Quarishi, in a regular press briefing Saturday said that the EC would not be able...
KHULNA, Sept 20 (UNB): Two leaders of the city BNP, one a former MP, have been expelled in line with the loyalist-reformist rift in the party.The expelled BNP leaders are ex-MP and former president of the city BNP M Nurul...
Siddique Islam Housing loan under the refinancing scheme of the central bank has started getting good response following relaxation of rules and regulations.Nearly Tk 820 million was disbursed by 19 banks and financial institutions as of September 15 from the...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the time for submission of income-tax returns by one month until October 31, 2008. The previous deadline was September 30."The time for submission of income-tax returns has been extended by a...
The Chief Adviser (EC) said the Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold the Jatiyo Sangsad (JS) election first on December 18 to avoid any impediment, obstacle or confrontation to switchover to democratic dispensation and show respect to the request...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has approved the UK-based Cairn Energy's US$ 6.0 million investment plan to shore up gas supply from the country's lone offshore Sangu gas field near Chittagong, officials said."The company has been allowed to pump this investment...
FE Report Around 1500 garment workers of city's Malibagh Chowdhurypara area went berserk Saturday blocking the key road for hours in support of the demand for Eid bonus.Witnesses said around 30 vehicles were damaged and around 50 people injured during...
FE Report A series of light and mild tremors jolted the country, including the capital, Saturday evening. People panicked as five light and mild tremors hit across the country during the period from 5.16pm to 6.21pm, Bangladesh Meteorological Department sources...
FHM Humayan KabirFour local ship-makers will participate in the world's biggest shipbuilding fair in Hamburg for the first time ever to showcase emergence of Bangladesh as a new global manufacturing hub for small vessels, officials said Saturday. The Shipbuilding, Machinery...
A bomb attack has hit the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing at least 40 people, reports BBC. The BBC's Barbara Plett who is at the scene says the blast created a 20ft (6m) deep crater, and destroyed...
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will operate seven pairs of trains, while Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) 50 additional buses everyday to facilitate the journey of homebound passengers during Eid-ul-Fitr. Besides, BR will operate a pair of fully air-conditioned trains on the...
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute (BSTI) has collected 36 brands of powder milk, including three from China, from markets to probe them for melamine, an industrial chemical hazardous to human health, BSTI officials said. Tests have already began on all...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's electronics assembling industry having a market size worth Tk 3.0 billion is facing closure mainly because of same tariffs for both finished products, and parts and equipment used by local assembling plants. Currently, around 20...
The Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) is actively considering extending the deadline beyond September 30 for submitting clemency applications, reports UNB.The time extension for the second time was under active consideration of the Commission, TAC sources told the news agency.The...
The council of advisers of the caretaker government (CG) Saturday gave its final approval to the Right to Information (RTI) Ordinance 2008, aimed at ensuring free flow of information to the people, reports UNB.Under the much-debated new law the responsible...
Former ruling party BNP and its coalition partners Saturday demanded withdrawal of the Representation of People Order (RPO) made by the caretaker regime and asked for holding the stalled parliamentary elections first following the old electoral laws, reports UNB.The Bangladesh...
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 20 (Bloomberg): Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said the country wouldn't brook any breaches of national sovereignty in the fight against terrorism, reiterating his government's anger at raids on its territory by US-led forces. ``We will not tolerate...
The United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union made guarded response to Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed's speech last night announcing the dates for parliamentary and upazila parishad elections, reports UNB."We are still analysing the Chief Adviser's remarks, but...
FE Report Speakers at a roundtable Saturday underlined the need for making the people aware of the problem of tuberculosis (TB) side by side with efforts for taking the TB control programme at the doorstep of the people, particularly of...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday night left for New York (NY) via Dubai to attend the 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN Headquarters there, reports UNB.He will make country statement in the UNGA session on...
The newly created state-owned public limited companies (PLCs) in the power sector are facing problems in decision making due to appointment of non-technical persons as their chairmen, reports UNB.According to official sources, the government has appointed some retired and in-service...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 20(CNN): South Africa's ruling party on Saturday called on the country's president, Thabo Mbeki, to resign from office -- several months ahead of next year's elections.Gwede Mantashe, secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC) made the announcement at...
The Bangladesh Bank-BB-- after a gap of about three years has gone for a rise in the rate of one of the key policy tools, the repurchase agreement-Repo. The increase, though marginal, only 0.25 per cent, does otherwise highlight a...
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